KING MUMBERE AND THE ROYAL GUARDS FREED AFTER DROPPED CHARGES OF TERRORISM AND TREASON BY DPP

In June this year, Government dropped terrorism and treason charges against the King of Rwenzururu Kingdom Charles Wesley Mumbere and later freed him after 7 years of confinement in Kampala and allowed him to go to Kasese to meet his subjects in October. Mumbere and 217 royal guards had been accused of killing Government security officers in Kasese, and conducting subversive activities with intention to overthrow a legitmate government. The release of King Charles Wisley Mumbere of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu was one of the major news items that made headlines in the year 2023